When a Picture Inspires Thousands of Words
The idea behind the anthology
One morning as I was searching for a picture to do a book cover design, I came across a portrait of a young woman. Her expression woke up my muse in an instant and a story started forming in my mind.
Then, a thought occurred to me. What if I would challenge a few author friends to look at the picture and write a short story of their own?
Every author is unique, not only as a person but as a writer as well. Each of us sees things a little differently, and each of us has a unique “muse” to whisper stories into our ears when a sight, smell, sound, or touch triggers a story.
We did, and the result was amazing. Not only did we write the stories in different genres and styles, but everyone saw something different in the young woman’s expression, eyes, body posture, and the colors of the portrait, but the combination triggered totally different stories in our minds.
This collection of short stories is published free of charge, and the purpose of the anthology is to introduce the writing style of the authors, to readers.
We hope you will enjoy all the stories. Please visit the authors on the links provided with their short biography and take a look at some of their published books.
As always, happy reading and writing!
~Erika M Szabo
Author, artist, owner of Golden Box Books Publishing
Then, a thought occurred to me. What if I would challenge a few author friends to look at the picture and write a short story of their own?
Every author is unique, not only as a person but as a writer as well. Each of us sees things a little differently, and each of us has a unique “muse” to whisper stories into our ears when a sight, smell, sound, or touch triggers a story.
We did, and the result was amazing. Not only did we write the stories in different genres and styles, but everyone saw something different in the young woman’s expression, eyes, body posture, and the colors of the portrait, but the combination triggered totally different stories in our minds.
This collection of short stories is published free of charge, and the purpose of the anthology is to introduce the writing style of the authors, to readers.
We hope you will enjoy all the stories. Please visit the authors on the links provided with their short biography and take a look at some of their published books.
As always, happy reading and writing!
~Erika M Szabo
Author, artist, owner of Golden Box Books Publishing
Submission to Next Anthology
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We'll publish the next anthology when we'll have 10 stories submitted.
The Anthology theme: Write a story about this picture Where are they? What are their hopes and what are they dreaming about? What kind of adventure is waiting for them? Do they live in the past, present, or future? We accept edited short stories 1000 to 3000 words (any genre except erotica) to our next anthology. |
February 2020 Anthology
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The purpose of the anthology is to promote authors and introduce the writing style of the authors, to readers.
The anthologies are published as a flip-book style magazine, promoted on our website and shared on social sites. Every author retains the copyright to their own stories. The anthology is offered to readers free of charge, our next issue will be published in April. |
